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For CodeProject, one of the world’s largest online communities of software developers, it has been a summer full of celebrations.  Members from around the world organized parties in countries such as Switzerland, Israel, India, Brazil and the United States.  Members met, shared memories and celebrated the community that they have helped build.  CodeProject also engaged its members by creating a “why do you love CodeProject?” contest that gave members the chance to create a video or submit a photo meme for a chance to win a $10,000 prize pack. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday over 100 participants met with the Canada Media Fund (CMF) in Toronto as part of the first focus group of a cross-country consultation that includes stops in 18 cities, in all provinces and territories. Throughout the rest of the month of September, focus groups are being held in the Western provinces and territories. In October and November, the consultation will continue in other Canadian cities. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal International Game Summit (MIGS) is proud to announce Dr. Ray Muzyka as the opening keynote speaker for the 10th annual MIGS conference. Dr. Muzyka joins other high quality speakers from across the world, covering the gaming industry’s hot topics. About 2,000 attendees are expected to take part in the largest event for video game professionals on the East Coast. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Media Fund (CMF)has just announced the launch of the Digital Media Co-Production Incentive, a $350K pilot program designed to stimulate digital media co-productions between Canadian producers and their international counterparts. Read the rest of this entry »

In this latest Nintendo 3DS adventure, we travel along with the famous sibling plumbers on a vacation to Pi’illo Island, which of course is not the simple pleasure trip it appears to be. There are new characters and villains (along with the long-familiar ones) to chat up and combat, and as you can expect from a Mario title, there’s a healthy helping of puzzles to solve. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team is a combination of colourful 3D levels and classic 2D side-scrolling action, and in this aspect the game really does shine. There was obviously much time spent in development perfecting this new world into a place that it seems only Nintendo can produce while making full use of the 3DS’ abilities. Read the rest of this entry »

The Province of BC recently launched iMapBC 2.0, an upgraded version of its popular online mapping toolkit that will provide improved access to thousands of geographical datasets. Information on the new iMapBC 2.0 will be available for delegates at this week’s Municipal Information Systems Association (MISA) Conference in Whistler. Version 2.0 is a significant upgrade to the free, user-friendly web-mapping application, and provides a better experience for developers and end-users who want to use to government map data online. Read the rest of this entry »

According to the Romance Writers of America more than 74 million people read romance novels each year, with women accounting for 91% of this massive audience. Silicon Sisters, a developer of video games for women, is bringing this well-loved genre to life in a tantalizing new way with Everlove: Rose, an interactive romance novel for iPad, Kindle Fire, Nook HD, and other Android and Apple devices. Read the rest of this entry »

Enterprise Information Management developer OpenText™ has announced that the company has been named a leader across multiple categories in Computer-Based Fax Markets, 2012-2017, a recent report published by leading fax industry analyst firm, Davidson Consulting. Recognized as the #1 provider of fax servers, the #1 FoIP supplier and the #1 production fax server supplier, OpenText continues to strengthen its position as the market leader in messaging services, while moving to the forefront of the rapidly emerging hybrid faxing market forecasted to “more than double in size by 2017.”¹ In November 2012, Davidson Consulting also listed OpenText as the #1 provider of Enterprise Fax Service.^{2 Read the rest of this entry »}

Ubisoft® has announced a fourth character will join the ranks of heroes in The Mighty Quest For Epic Loot: The Runaway. Developed by Ubisoft Montreal, The Mighty Quest for Epic Loot is a hilarious free-to-play PC game that thrusts the player in an outrageous medieval fantasy world called Opulencia where wealth, status and showboating are the name of the game! Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has published its online Annual Report for the 2012-2013 fiscal year which outlines its role in shaping Canada’s creative economy and digital landscape. The Annual Report provides a complete overview of the CMF’s activities throughout 2012-2013. It contains detailed information on funding results as well as data on the success of projects funded by the CMF in terms of audience, critical acclaim and international sales. The complete financial overview section includes the Independent Auditors’ Report and Financial Statements. Read the rest of this entry »